Man found in backyard after ATM was broken into

A resident of the 31000 block of James Street told police July 17 that he was in his garage smoking a cigarette when he heard a noise in his backyard and when he went to investigate he found a man sweating and out of breath.

The intruder, described as being between 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-3 inches tall, also had one hand in his pocket, which led the resident to believe he had his hand on a gun. The interloper ran behind the resident’s garage then south over the fence before the resident lost sight of him.

The resident said he heard the sound of a subject or subjects jumping fences. He also told police he heard a car door slam shut and he saw a white Dodge Journey in the roadway.

Meanwhile, a Garden City officer discovered an unknown person had just broken into the Automatic Teller Machine at DFCU Credit Union on Merriman near the resident’s home.

A canine tracker followed a scent across the credit union parking lot and ultimately took police to James Street. No arrests were made.

Sneaky intruder?

A homeowner in the 6500 block of Golfview Drive reported his home was broken into while his family slept July 14.

He said he received a call from his wife, who said her purse was missing, about 9:30 a.m. the following morning After further investigation the woman told her husband that a tablet and laptop were also gone.

The man said his wife was sleeping on the couch in the living room adjacent to the kitchen while he was in the bedroom the night before. He said the back door was unlocked.

The man also said his son was in the basement playing video games until 4 a.m. Neither the woman nor the son reported hearing anything unusual. The family dog also didn’t bark through the night, the man told police.

Psychiatric help

A 60-year-old Inkster woman was arrested for disorderly conduct July 15 at Andrew’s Liquor store in Garden City and was later taken for psychiatric help after claiming President Obama wanted her to be free from jail.

Garden City police had been called a couple of times to the liquor store that evening regarding the woman.

The second time police were called out she was asked several times to back up and talk, but when she refused she was arrested, a police report said.

Earlier in the evening she was grabbing and throwing items in the store, a police report said. After police and the store owner escorted her out of the store she returned and began banging on the glass door, which caused patrons to leave.

After the woman was taken to the psychiatric facility she said she was bipolar and schizophrenic, a police report said.

He said, she said

Garden City police were called to the 31000 block of Bock Road July 16 by a man who said his girlfriend physically abused him.

The 27-year-old man told police he had been assaulted by his 22-year-old girlfriend of two months. She had been staying at his house the last three days.

The man said they had began arguing after he picked her up in Detroit and she refused to give him gas money. He said he went to bed, because he was feeling ill. He told police she came into his room and continued to yell and argue with him over needing to use his cell phone and needing to be driven to a location.

He said while he was in the living room she struck him with a cup and hit him in his left eye. Police observed an injury. The man told police she punched him in the back of his head two times and scratched him repeatedly on his neck.

He said she later tried to hit him him with his alarm clock, but he was able to block the assault. The man said he packed her personal property and left it in front of the house. He said when he called for police assistance she ran away.

Police learned the woman was at her family’s home on Barton and that she wasn’t allowed inside. Officers found the woman two houses from that location. She told police she had been assaulted by her boyfriend. Her left lower lip appeared to be cut and she had a red mark under left eye, a police report said.

The woman’s father said he called police when she came to his home, because he has a court order prohibiting her from being at the residence.

She told police she was involved in an argument with her boyfriend. The woman said he put her in a head lock and threw her to the floor. She said when he threw her property out of the house she left and went to the Barton home to seek help from her father.